# Hi, I have a question regarding data packet exchange in IEEE 802.15.4 protocol. Are the data packets time stamped?

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**Category:** Digi One IA/IAP\
**Tags:** time, 4, \-, 15, 802\
**Created:** [August 29, 2014, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/hi-i-have-a-question-regarding-data-packet-exchange-in-ieee-802-15-4-protocol-are-the-data-packets-time-stamped/13535 "2014-08-29T09:48:57Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 9:48am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/hi-i-have-a-question-regarding-data-packet-exchange-in-ieee-802-15-4-protocol-are-the-data-packets-time-stamped/13535/1 "2014-08-29T09:48:57Z")

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**Post date:** [August 30, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/hi-i-have-a-question-regarding-data-packet-exchange-in-ieee-802-15-4-protocol-are-the-data-packets-time-stamped/13535/2 "2014-08-30T16:19:46Z")

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I don’t believe they do. At least not directly. However they can have other information such as broadcast and hop counts. You can verify by checking the specification.